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Im Ransom. Writer on Zac and the upcoming champion (#116). AMAA!

Despite working here for over a year, Ive never introduced myself properly to the community, so this is my AMAA  Ask Me Almost Anything.

If I dont answer your question, Im either not the right person to answer it, or Im sworn to secrecy, or Ive already answered it in the thread.

About me:

 My Twitter is @RiotRansom.

 Im a writer here at Riot, working primarily on champions, new champion concepts, and champion teasers like the Zac journals (http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=35356351), Quinns Freljord journey (http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=36293524), and the Aatrox mystery (http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=37517935). I also come up with cool special projects like the Lucian login screen!

 In my first days working here, I helped pitched a bunch of new champion concepts like Zed, Vi, Thresh, and Nami.

 The first champion I wrote for was Zac. My second champion is #116, who is a FEMALE - can you handle the spoilers?! (I just dont want to have to refer to her as him/her for the rest of this thread.)

 Quinn X Jarvan OTP. Shyvana who? :P Actually, my favorite romance in the game is between an existing champ and a champion who has yet to be released. Runaan disapproves of this romance in the same way your lame parents disapprove of your sweet prom date. Runaan is grumpy like that.

 As Ive said earlier, if it were up to me, we would pair off all the champions into couples, and then there would be no reason for all this fighting! A prosperous (and romantic!) peace would descend over Runeterra, and League of Legends would become a game about making babies, not about killing people to obtain gold, and then buying items with that gold to kill even more people! Madness!

 Im from Texas. So obviously, my dream is to get more cowboys and cowgirls in this game.

 I studied creative writing in college, and then screenwriting in graduate school. Although I learned a ton in film school and its a big part of me, I would say that its generally not worth the exorbitant tuition you would spend these days. So save your money and dont go to film school!

 Ive written a bunch of screenplays. One received an award from the people who give out Oscars. None of them has ever been made into a movie, but that may very well change someday...

 Before Riot, I worked as a writer and level designer on a Star Wars game and the Mercenaries series. I also co-founded a video game company, secured funding from a publisher, and shipped what might very well be the lowest-selling XBLA title of all time.

 Im terrible at LoL, but Im getting better each and every day because of my positive, non-toxic attitude! My most-played champion is Morgana. Nowadays, I love playing Zyra and Malzahar. I generally like standing in the back and bursting people down, or immobilizing them so other people can kill them. I also jungle Zac (of course) and Sejuani, and jump at the chance to play Ashe when people let me. (Which isnt often.)

 I have walked across the entire nation of Spain, from the French border all the way to the coast. Five hundred miles - about the same distance as San Francisco to Los Angeles. It took about 30 days.

 Im more flexible than anyone in my kickboxing class. And I can beat the stuffing out of anyone in my yoga class.

Edit: You like Final Fantazy Tacticz? Dude that waz my favourite Final Fantazy game out of the zeriez. Well anything before 11 waz pretty dam good but That waz my favourite. I didnt even know you could change clazzez zo my whole team waz complied of zquirez. It took me forever to beat the fking game becauze I had to reach lvl 99 juzt zo my zquirez could get pazt chapter 3 when you fight beliaz. .____. Anyway hi